Tree transplanter and conveyance therefor



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Claude A. Benson andSamuel'C. Gillum; Curtis, Nebr.

Application May 14, 1934, Serial No. 725,662

1 Claim. (Cl. 294-67) The present invention relates to a tree transto engage what may be termed a tilting rope 18 planter and conveyance therefor and has for its engaged with eyes on rings 18 secured to the prime object to provide means which may be encables 50. By drawing the rope 18 thru one of cased about a tree in such a manner so that it the eyes a tilting of the bucket may be accom- 5 may be removed from the ground and replaced in plished when the bucket is lifted. A hook 12 is 5 the ground in an easy and convenient manner and connected to the outer part of the bottom section also in the conveyance including means for raisso that a rope or cable can be attached thereto ing and lowering the encasing means. for pulling the section out of position when the Another very important object of the invention tree is being transplanted.

resides in the provision of a combination trans- The conveyance comprises a pair of shafts 20 10 planter and conveyance therefor which is thor- 20 intermediate the ends of which are bearings oughly efficient and reliable in use and opera- 21 in which the ends of a drum 22 are journalled. tion, easy to manipulate, comparatively inex- At the rear ends of the shaft 20 there are a pair pensive to manufacture and otherwise well of rods 23 and 24 the former of which is removadapted to the purpose for which it is designed. able. Frame members F are of a somewhat L- 15 With the above and numerous other objects in shaped formation having relatively short arms view as will appear as the description proceeds, 25 secured to axle 26 and projecting forwardly the invention consists in certain novel features of and then curved and merging into relatively long construction, and in the combination and ararms 27 secured to the shaft immediately to 20 rangement of parts as will hereinafter be more the rear of the drum 22. Wheels 28 are rotatable 20 fully described and claimed. on the ends of the axle 26. Frame bars 30 rise In the drawings: from the axle 26 and are secured to the shaft 20 Figure l is a side elevation of an apparatus emas at 31. Bars 32 are pivotally mounted as at bodying the features of my invention showing the 33 on the arms of the frame element F and,

25 axle in section with one wheel removed. on the upper or free ends of these bars 32 are 25 Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof. pulleys 34. The shafts 35 of the pulleys are con- Figure 3 is a vertical section through the transnected by a curved brace member 37. A ratchet planter. wheel 40 is on the drum 22 at one end and at said Figure 4 is a horizontal section therethrough end is a crank 41. A pawl 42 cooperates with the taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 2. ratchet 43. 30

Figure 5 is a detail elevation showing one of To take up a tree the operator takes the bottom the catches. sections 12 off and places the cylinder around the Figure 6 is a vertical section taken substantree and secures it by means of the pins 10. Then tially on the line 6-6 of Figure 3. he digs straight down all around the outside of 3 Figure 7 is a horizontal section taken substanthe cylinder and thus lowers it to the desired tially on the line 7-7 of Figure 6, and depth. The bottoms can then be put on one at Figure 8 is a perspective View showing a pora time by digging back under the sides and pushtion of the upper band with the eye bolt projecting the bottom under as the operator digs in. The ing therefrom. cylinder is let down, being careful to cut all roots I Referring to the drawings in detail it will be so that they will not bind on the bottom or sides. seen that the transplanter comprises a cylinder C When both bottoms are in their place, they can including two sections 5-5. Bands 6 and 7 are be secured by the fasteners 14. Cables 50 are connected with the cylinders and also formed in windable on the drum 22 and trained over the sections. The sections of the bands are hingedly pulleys 34 and hooked as at 51 with the eye pins I connected together as at 8 and 9 respectively and or bolts 17. By turning the crank 41, of course, the other ends thereof are detachably connected the tree transplanter may be raised above the together by means of pins 10 and 11 respectively. level of the axle 26. The hooks 38 may be' then Two flanged bottom sections 1212 are normally engaged with the hooks 38 and then the rod 23 held together by hook fastening elements 14, 14. may be removed and by further winding the cables Each section 12 has a V-shaped rod 16 on each side on the drum the bars 32 are swung from the full 50 thereof with the ends fixed thereto and the bight line position shown in Figure 1 to the dotted line portion engageable over eye bolt 17 projecting outposition in said figure, and then the transplanter wardly from the band 6. A hook 18 is mounted may be lowered to rest on the frame structure. on the cylinder C at the top thereof and disposed It is thought that the planting operation, which,

forwardly that is above the pins 10, and is used of course, is practically the reverse of the operation just described will be clearly understood without a detailed description.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exempliflcation since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without CLAUDE A. BENSON. SAMUEL C. GILLUM. 

